What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Installed the BDRM Ram mount from @oostroma Looks great, very slim hidden on the dash. Install was super easy and done within 10min.

 

This is the one I installed. Super easy mod.

 

Knocked out a few small things. Installed a Factor55 hawse fairlead and flatlink. Also mounted my RCI catalytic converter protectors to my transmission skid plate. And about two weeks ago, I installed a BAMF rear diff skid.

Strangely enough, my cat protector wings didn't have the notches toward the front of them that are shown in the instructions (to make room for the LCA cam adjustment bolts). Instead, they just appear to be an inch or so shorter all together. Not sure if that was a redesign, or if I received the wrong model, but they look like they'll work just fine.

I also had an issue with the supplied bolts for the yoke side of the diff skid being too short. I had to make a run to my local Ace Hardware and buy new ones that were a half inch longer

 

A fellow man of discerning taste!

 

turn off lights

 

Added some Meso chrome delete pieces & Meso minimalist key fob that I picked up from the CaliRaised Off-road open house/ parking lot sale.

Also painted the power side mirror switch with the motivation and tips from @JWags81


Next added to the accent color with the glove box raised letters from Tacos4Cheap on Etsy.

 

Nice! I had damn near the same exact model. 2.0 SkyActive Hatchback with the keyless-everything, but I had the dolphin green/blue color and a 40in lightbar mounted to that Yakima Wisbar (I even opted for the overhang bars, like you did). Loved every minute of driving it for 8 years until an old lady in the oncoming lane didn't see me and hung a left while I was going through the intersection doing 45. That was back in November, and why I bought the truck. That stock knob in the Taco just... suuuucks. Bought a replacement knob for the Mazda3, then bought the M12 drill and tap when I realized it wouldn't fit, and it's been a lovely improvement. Hits me right in the feels every time I jump in the truck. I miss my Mazda3.

 

Where there’s a will there’s a way

 

Guess I’ll forego the Club and keep adding my mods to my insurance. It sucks, but if it’s gonna happen it’s gonna happen.

 

keep mine in this

 

I have not had a "Club" since the early 90s.

Much has changed since then...

I had a 25 year USAF career and was living in Abilene, TX when I first bought the club.

I suppose it depends on the environment and the threats it poses.

More-than-likely, if a thief is determined to steal a vehicle, they will do it.

Obviously, we don't want them to do it but we hope for the best by having insurance.

 

IMO, it is as much about environmental threats as it is about how we deal with threats. Personally, I'd rather not have to deal with the aggravation of the club or turning off my fob every time I get into and out of the truck. I have full coverage with gap insurance, I'll be ok if the truck gets stolen. I realize not everyone feels that way, or has the ability to feel that way.

 

Looking good! Welcome to TW!

 

Dag, I’m sorry to hear that, I love this thing it’s so zippy and the perfect complement, and I love that idea, I’ve got an extra M3 knob and may have to try it- the Taco stock knob does suck major- I swapped to the pro knob and it’s better but I don’t like it as much as the Mazda

 

@daveeasa I think can do it as well

 

I had the same issue with my RCI Cat protectors. Love the RCI products but after installing their skids, sliders and cat protectors now they really do need someone to redo their instructions, good instructions just mean good attention to detail.

 

Did you sand it or just hit it with paint?

 

Sand/scuff with 100 grit. Exact as @JWags81 showed in a previous post.

 

Ah ok. I must have missed that part. Seems easy enough. Dumb question but when you scuff it up and paint it doesn the rough texture show through the paint vs being smooth?

 

Right here it is: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...e-in-reverse-dir.707546/page-33#post-26936445